I posted the other day about animals and humans and how cats are having IC more and
more. A couple months ago, I rescued a baby kitty that was lost and made him a part
of our family of many animals. He has fit right in. But, the poor thing has had trouble
with his urination. He peed yesterday morning and it was pure blood coming out. I was
shocked. Otherwise he seemed completely fine. Although he was a rescue, someone had
neutered this little guy way before his time–too young–a vet told me, which stuck in
my mind. So, instead of giving him full blown natural version of antibiotics, I gave him
one antibiotic au natural with one of my formulas for IC to clear but to sooth the tract.
I imagined that perhaps the alteration in his hormones from such a young age especially
may have contributed to what is going on. Plus he has been a bit more of a peer than
my other cats from the get go. I locked him up in a small room all day yesterday
so I could monitor only his urine. By the time I came home from work, his urine was
clear! The reason I am sharing this is because alot of times people say, the infection was so bad, I didnt have a choice but to start my animal on antibiotics right away. Not always true.
Believe me, it was horrifying even for me to see a little creature peeing out pure blood.
But, I breathed and thought, “what is the best thing here?”.
The same rules apply to humans, but since this was in the forefront of my thoughts this morning
I thought I would share the experience.  Other than hating the herbs and having to
fight the cat to give him the medicine, he is doing fantastically this morning.